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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm not the PP, but I hope you're right. My child has a perfect NNAT and CogAT scores are in the 99th percentile. Nevertheless, I have heard from other parents of multiple instances where a child obtained a perfect score on either the NNAT or a CogAT subsection and still was denied entry to the GT center. The GBRS scores seem to carry a lot of weight. Also, some base school principals are reluctant to send their "best" students away to a GT center, so you may have to look out for that. The selection process is imperfect, of course. [/quote]

I'm the PP you were responding to.  I would add that I talked to my child's teacher about this the other day, and the teacher said that in cases with extremely high scores, the kids who don't get in despite their high scores are the ones who have "done nothing" - meaning they don't have any good work samples (the classroom teacher submits work samples in addition to what parents may submit) and hasn't done anything to impress the classroom teacher or other specialists in the school.  So yes, the GBRS does carry a lot of weight and yes, it is possible for a child with super high scores to be turned down, but generally that would happen only if the teacher/school staff don't believe the child is qualified.  If you have high scores and adequate support from the school, the chances of getting in are very, very good.

As far as principals not wanting to lose their best students, I can't speak to that as our neighborhood school is a GT Center. [/quote]

I really fear this is my child.  DC is new in FCPS and the teachers here have treated her like she's stupid.  I'm going to submit some stuff from the last school, so hopefully that helps.  She does well on all of her quizzes.  Is that the sort of work the teachers submit?[/quote]

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